Baling-press.



G. WENZELMANN.

BALING PRESS.

UBLIGATION FILED 11116.19, 1912,

1,054,630. Petexited Feb. 25,1913.

resident of Galesburg,

eusravn wENznLMANN or GALESBURG, ILLINOIS.

Beurre-fences.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led August 19, 1912. Serial No. 715,795.

To all whom, t may concern ABe it known that I, GUs'rAvn W'ENzEn MANN, acitizen of the United States, and in the county of Knox and State ofIllinois, have invented a new and useful Ealing-Press, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Mycinvention relates to that general type of presses which is `shown anddescribed 1n the patent for baling pressesl issued to me September l0,1912, No. 1,038,248, which type is commonly employed for -compressd ing,paper, rags, etc., and in which the material to be baled is lirst placedwithin the compression chamber or press-bo'X, then compacted by arammer, (which does not concern the 1nvent1on,) and which materialreceives final compression actuated follower or platen.

I have in the accompanying drawing shown aserew-beam and ascrew-actuated follower, but comprehend my invention as covering andincluding, in certain of its aspects, any substitutes therefor, as, forinfrom a powerstance, lever-actuated compression means.

Itis one of the principal obJects of the' invention to provide forswinging the crossbeam or screw-beam, `whereby it may be quickly .andith a minimum effort be swung from its operative position to the real`side of the press-box, out of the way of the operator during the time heis lling or charging the press-box and while lie is ramming the materialtherein contained. In this connection it is an object that the means forcarrying out the ends above recited be of such nature that the beam maywith equal facility be replaced in operative position.

' It is an object lto provide a disconnected platen and screw, and toprovide means at tached preferably to the screw-beam for raising andlowering the. former.` ln this connection a subsidiary Aobject is toprovide for tilting the platen on edge aty the outer and rear side ofthe press-boX, and there securing it, not obstructing v,the open endthereof and entirely out ofthe way of the operator while he is fillingthe box or ramming the material therein contained, but from whichposition he may with facility and ease replace it in its normalposition.

It willb e noted that the last described features of my invention areparticularly applicable to press-boxes of a considerable height. Nhensuch are used, the operator stands upon a platform or other support,

which, inasmuch as it has not to do with'my invention, has not beenillustrated.

That the elements constitutingthe above recited means be durable, strongand simple, but withal effective, and that they be economic ofmanufacture and sale, are prime requisites, and to provide such meansfor carrying out these ends constitutes another object.

In carrying out the objects of the inven tion generally stated above,stood, of course, that the essential features of my invention aresusceptible of changes in details, structure, ments, certain practicaland preferred arrangements of which are illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which:

Figure l is a perspective; Fig. 2, a transverse sectional elevation ofthe screw beam, a part of one of the swinging frame-rods and its housingshown in elevation, and all lparts enlarged" with reference to Fig. l'

Fig. a modification, an end view; and liig. 4, a detail of the bail-likeor U-shaped swinging frame.

To the end of carrying out the hereinabove recited objects the inventionconsists in means for generally.improving the con- 'struction andincreasing the capacity, utility and efficiency of the device overpresses of like character heretofore provided.

'The 'individual parts or elements are uniformly designated by the samereference numeral throughout the several figures. Corning now to adetailed description thereof, 2 indicates the floor, 3, 3, the sides,and Ul the back wall of the press-box, which may be united by brackets5, 5' and nails 6 or in any other suitable manner. A pair of hooks 7 aresuitably secured to the lower portion of said box and their upturnedends constitute Patented Feb. 25, lldli.

it will be underkeepers for the lower odge of a removable door `8provided on its which are engaged by' hooks 10 hinged to the sides ofthe box. These elements are shown and more fully described in myapplication aforesaid, and will require herein no further description.Moreover, in so far as my present invention is concerned they areessential only in their relationship thereto,` as any suitable andpreferred type and character of boxl may be employed. y

9 designates thescrew beam, provided with the usual threaded. aperture10. forengagement of the ordinary screw 1l, which letter 1s actuated bythe handle 12. et each edges with pins 9" end the beam is provided witha bell-shaped or conical`opening` 13 in which the upper portion of' liestem of a swinging frame rod 14 having an enlarged head 15 plays freely,the head lying abo'vc the apex o't` said opening and being ofsuilicieiit size as to not drop thereinto and of a length to rest abovethe top of the beam. The lower ends of said rods are pivoted in thesides of the box and integral with a cross-bar 14" disposed beneath thedoor thereof, saidrods and bar thus forming a U-shaped swinging bail' orframe 30.

16 is a stop pin for limiting the rearward movement of each rod lll andthereby of said beam.

. 20 is a housing for the redhead.

17 indicates either one of a pair of brackets, each having an eye 18.Each is suitablysecured to an end portion of the beam.

.The upper end of a balance or guide-rod 19 is engaged with each of saideyes, while their lower ends pivotally engage the bottom portions of thebox. It will be evident that this construction (of the parallel sets ofrods) will maintain the beam in the horil zontal position shown by thedotted lines in Fig. 1 when said beam is swung rearwardly. For thepurposes of this speciiication either the loop 30, or said loop and therods 19, or the pairs of duplicate rods shown in the modification, oreven one pair ofthe latter (on opposite sides of the`pressbox)whichmodification will be presently described- Vmay be variously termed aswinging or a rocking frame. A stop-pin p21 limits the. forward movementthereof.

22 designates a platen or follower, preierably provided with a centrallydisposed metallic screw -centering plate 23 on its upper face. Securedto eyes 31' in said platen 'are the ends of a' cord or chain 24, to themidlength of which is secured one end of a draw cord 25, the flight ofwhich traverses a sheave 26 on the beam and preferably a second slieave27, likewise thereon. Any suitable means, as a pin 28, is provided forsecuring the free end ofthe cord In F ig. 3 I have shown a somewhatmodified form of the device. i, rPhe structure here illustratedcomprisesa pair of like parallel rods 14 pivotall y engaged with the beam andpress box in so evident a'manner as to require no specific description.

The operation: When the operator wishes to place` material in thepress-box he will rst turn the screw in a direction to elevate its pointsuiiiciently to clear the edge of the` vback of the press-box, and willthen swing the beam rearwardly, on the swinging' frame, to the dottedline position` shown in Fig. 1.- The platen or follower may then beraised by drawing on the cord :25. The order of these operations, may,oit course, be reversed. To leave the opening in the press-box entirely-free from obstruction the platen is thrown over on its edge in rear ofthe box. as indicated by the dottedrlines in Fig. 1, whereupon theoperator may engage the 'tree cud of the cord 25 with its securing meansQ8. Upon the box having been charged and the chai-gc havingbeen rammed,the operator'will-discugagefthe cord from its sccurin'gmeans, throw theplaten into operative position.and turn the-screw to'engage its end withthe centel'ing plate. rlhe continuation of this operation will of coursecause the material to be compressed in the ordinary manner. Suitablemeans, of any preferred, character, may bc yprovided for securing thecompleted bale. Comprising no part of my present invention, have notdeemed it necessary to either illustrate or describe it.

.lt iuito be noted that the bail 30 serves a two. old purpose-iirst, toswing the beam, and second, to 'prevent it rising to an immod'eiate orinordinate height when the bale is being compressed by t-l'ie action ofthe screw.' A single pair` ot rods 14, onopposite sides of the box, issufficientto'atl- `coinplisli said functions, but in order to maintainthe beam in a horizontal position I. prefer to use.the second pair,either in the form shown in the principal igure ci in the moditication-`Vhen the beam is swung to its rearmost positivi the housings willprevent it from slipping downwardly on the rods 14 when but one setthereof is employed.

Having thus described the nature of my improvements .nd the best -meansof which I-l now for carrying them into effect; I, claim as n y'invention the following, namely 1`. The combination with a press-box,of a screw-beam provided with a conical aperture at. each ont' its endpoi-tions, and rods pivoted-at one end to the press-box and their otherci" ds projected through. said apertures.

12. Tie combination with a pressboxgot' a screw-beam provided with al`conical aperture in each ot its. end portions, and rods pivoted at oneind to the press-box and their otherciids projected through saidapertures, each '-cf said rods having a head disposed above i thek apexof said aperture, t'or preventing' immodeiate upward movementof saidbeam.

The combination with a press-box, of a screw-beam, and a swinging tramecomprising pairs of rods pivotally connected with isaid box aud beam,said pairs lying on .i-ppositc sides ofthe box.'- 1l. The combinationwith a press-box, of ,a screw-beam, sv. inging rods engaged with the endportions ot' said beam and with said be?, and :balance-rodssubstantially parallelmg said ,rods and in pivotal engage- .ment withsaid beam and box, whereby,

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- when the bea-n1 is swung rearwardly the pairs of rods Will maintain itsubstantially in a horizontal position.

5. A baling press comprising a press-box having an open end, ascrew-beam crossing vsaid end, means for engaging said beam and box,compression means engaged with said beam, a platen actuated downwardlyonly by said compression means, a sheave mounted on said beam, and acord secured to said platen and traversing said sheave,

6. A baling press comprising a press-box having an open end, ascrew-beam crossing said end, a screw operatively engaged with saidbeam, a platen actuable dmvnxfvardly only by said screw, a sheave onsaid beam and a cord traversing it and one of its ends secured to saidplaten for raising the latter independently of said screw. l

7. A,ba1ling press comprising a press-box having an open end, ascrewbeam crossing said end, a screw operatively engaged with said beam,a' platen actuable downwardly only by said screw, a sheave on said beam,a cord traversing it for raising the platen independently of said screw,and means whereby said platen may be held suspended and entirely ont .ofthe said box.

8. The combination with a press-box, of a screw-beam, and a U-shapedbail connected-with said box and beam, the erossbar of said baildisposed beneath the floor of said box.

9. The ncombination withV a press-box, of

a Compression-beam, anda swinging frame' comprising pairs of rodspivotally 4con nected with said box and beam, said pairs lying onopposite sides of the box.

l0. The combination with a press-box,

of a swinging compression beam, and means for maintaining said beam 1n aliorizont-al` position during its swinging movement.

In testimony whereof I4 hereto set my hand in presence otwosubscribing'witnesses, at Galesburg, Illinois, this'lth day of August,1912.

GUSTAVE VENZELMANN. Witnesses:

FRANK L. Conesa, MERLE FpCLrNE.

